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Best score today · 4 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 452 AM EDT
- Best window
- 2-10 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding1.4 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Monday, Oct 5 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.8 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt WNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 67°F, coolLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
29Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Cobia is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NYSDEC before you keep a fish.
Source: NYSDEC · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Red Hook Channel
- Depth
- 15-45 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonCobia
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Red Hook Channel
Red Hook Channel is a channel in New York Harbor. Depth is 15-45 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 17 species here; the best right now are spot, scup and sheepshead. It is peak season now for spot, scup, sheepshead and red drum, and shoulder season for weakfish, Atlantic croaker, black sea bass and striped bass. Spot peak from August through October. Scup peak from June through October. Sheepshead peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Cobia
- Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
- Scup
- Scup school over hard and mixed bottom, rock piles, mussel beds, piers and jetties, usually in 10 to 60 feet of water. Fish a high-low rig with small hooks and squid or clam strips on the bottom, and chum with clam to hold a school under the boat. If nothing bites within 15 minutes, move to the next piece of structure.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Bay Ridge Channel74
Channel · 1.1 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 74
- Scup 72
- Sheepshead 69
7 kt NNEH 6:20 AM · 4.6 ftL 12:28 PM · 1.0 ft
- Gowanus Bay73
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: SpotPeak season- Spot 73
- Scup 72
- Sheepshead 68
7 kt NNEH 6:20 AM · 4.6 ftL 12:28 PM · 1.0 ft
- Gowanus Flats71
Bar · 0.3 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 71
- Spot 68
- Little tunny 67
7 kt NNEH 6:20 AM · 4.6 ftL 12:28 PM · 1.0 ft
- Buttermilk Channel70
Channel · 1.1 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 70
- Weakfish 70
- Summer flounder 69
7 kt NNEH 6:38 AM · 4.5 ftL 12:40 PM · 1.0 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with NYSDEC before you keep a fish.